Red Moscow

  Chapter 560 German surprise attack

   Half an hour later, Sokov led three rows of soldiers towards the factory area.

Not long after leaving the tunnel of Mamayev Gang, he heard gunshots and explosions coming from the front. He hurriedly called the platoon leader Samoilov to him and told him: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, immediately Send a few people to the front to scout and find out what happened."

   "Comrade Brigadier," Guchakov, who had been by Sukov's side all the time, immediately volunteered after hearing his order: "Let me take someone to reconnaissance."

   Although Guchakov has now been demoted to a corporal, he has rich combat experience and strong command ability. If he leads a team to conduct reconnaissance, he will definitely be able to figure out what happened ahead. So Sokov nodded without hesitation, and told him, "Okay, comrade corporal, take a few soldiers to scout. After you figure out what's going on, don't act rashly, and send someone to report to me immediately."

   "Understood, Comrade Brigadier." Guchakov agreed in a low voice, and ran forward with several soldiers bending over.

   After Guchakov walked away, Samoilov said to the soldiers next to him on the ground: "Pass it down and rest where you are!"

   Soon his order was faithfully conveyed, and the soldiers of the guard company each chose a hidden location to rest. Samoilov came to Sokov's side and asked tentatively, "Comrade Brigadier, Corporal Guchakov, can he do it?"

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Sokov looked at Samoilov and said, "Don't look at Guchakov being demoted, but it's perfectly appropriate to do this kind of thing with his ability. Just wait, we We'll soon find out what's going on."

  Samoilov handed Sokov a cigarette and said, "Comrade Brigadier, we don't know how long we will have to wait. Let's smoke a cigarette first."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, do you want to die?" Sokov didn't accept the cigarette Samoilov handed over, and said in a stern tone: "Don't you know that the light from a cigarette **** can travel far in the dark? If the enemy's sniper finds out, you and I will die. Immediately order the soldiers, don't smoke, don't make any movement."

Hearing what Sokov said, Samoilov immediately realized that he had made a fatal mistake. If he was really spotted and killed by a German sniper because of smoking, it would not be worthwhile. He quickly put away his cigarettes , and once again conveyed the order given by Sokov to every soldier.

About half an hour later, there was a sudden rush of footsteps, and then Sokov heard an anxious voice shouting: "Comrade Brigadier, where is Comrade Brigadier? Comrades, who of you saw this?" Comrade Brigadier?"

  From the man's shout, Sokov guessed that it might be Guchakov who took the picture to report the situation, so he quickly got up and replied, "I'm here!"

Hearing Sokov's voice, the soldier hurried to Sokov, stopped his body and reported: "Comrade Brigadier, I have figured it out. It was the Germans who attacked the assembly workshop in the dark. Our people are fighting with them." It's fighting."

"Comrade Brigadier," Samoilov immediately approached Sokov after hearing the soldier's report, and suggested to him, "Let's rush to support immediately, and attack back and forth with the troops in the factory to annihilate these soldiers." A sneak attacking enemy."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Sokov turned his head to look at Samoilov, and said to him, "I want to ask you, can you tell the difference between the enemy and us in the dark? If we rush for reinforcements at this time, maybe we will If there is a misunderstanding with one of our own people, when the time comes when our own people fight with our own people, the Germans will benefit.”

"Then what should we do?" Samoilov heard what Sokov said, and thought about it carefully. This is really the case. When the troops are attacked at night, the command system will definitely be chaotic. Maybe the other party will regard himself as an enemy. When the two sides fight in a melee, it will be cheaper for the Germans. But when he heard the gunshots and explosions in front of him, he always felt uneasy: "Are we just doing nothing here?"

   "Comrade Second Lieutenant," Sokov asked Samoilov tentatively, considering that he hadn't asked about the guard company for a long time. He didn't know whether they were also downsizing during the battle, "How many people are there in your platoon?"

"There are 58 people in the whole platoon. Corporal Guchakov took away 5 people, and there are 52 people left." Samoilov knew that Sokov would not ask this question for no reason, so he hurriedly asked: "Comrade Brigadier , do you have any plans?"

"Judging from the movement ahead, the enemy will not send too many people to attack, at most fifty or sixty people. With their small force, it is impossible to seize the position of the assembly workshop." Suo Ke The husband had already thought about how to deal with this group of sneak attacking enemies: "In my estimation, they will withdraw soon, and we will ambush them on the only way they must pass, and catch them by surprise."

  Hearing what Sokov said, Samoilov asked a little unsteadily: "Comrade Brigadier, how do we know which ones are the enemy and which ones are our own?"

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, the Germans will definitely withdraw to their positions after completing their sneak attack mission." Sokov explained to Samoilov: "Our fighters will not leave their positions easily. Therefore , You see those black shadows that escaped from our army's position and fled towards the direction of the enemy, all of them are enemies, let the soldiers just shoot and shoot."

   "It makes sense, it makes sense." After listening to Sokov's analysis, Samoilov couldn't help nodding, and asked cautiously, "Comrade Brigadier, shall we go to ambush now?"

Sokov said to the soldiers who came to report: "Go back and tell Corporal Guchakov to stay there and continue to observe the enemy's movements. Don't act rashly. I will send someone to contact you when the enemy is eliminated. .”

Sokov led his men to ambush in the direction of the wall. As soon as the soldiers entered the crater, they saw a group of black shadows running towards them in the distance. Everyone quickly lay down in the crater, raised their guns and aimed at the approaching The black shadows of the soldiers shot and fired as soon as they heard the order.

  Sokov and Samoilov lay in the same crater, raising their assault rifles to aim at the approaching shadow. When the black shadow running in the front was only more than 20 meters away from him, he suddenly shouted: "Fire!" and fired first, knocking the locked black shadow to the ground.

  Following Sokov's gunshot, gunshots sounded like popping beans. The black shadows running over never dreamed that there was a Soviet army ambushing here, and they were caught off guard. Most of the soldiers didn't even have a chance to fire a shot, so they fell to the ground after being shot several times.

  The ambush lasted less than two minutes, and those shadows who escaped from the direction of the assembly workshop all fell to the ground. Samoilov looked outside and saw that there was no longer a standing shadow, so he tentatively asked Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier, should we go to clean up the battlefield?"

"Don't worry, let the soldiers continue to lie in the crater. Without my order, no one is allowed to stand up." Sokov was afraid that there would still be German soldiers pretending to be dead. If he went to clean the battlefield at this time, he might be killed. He shot coldly, so he ordered decisively: "Before dawn, everyone should shoot as soon as they see the shadow of activity."

  The nearby German soldiers were not all killed. Some took advantage of the confusion and lay down directly in the bomb crater, planning to wait for the Soviet army to clean up the battlefield, and then use the night as a cover to escape. Unexpectedly, after the gunfire stopped for a long time, the Soviet army did not come to clean up the battlefield, which was far beyond their expectations. A few soldiers who couldn't hold their breath sneaked out of the bomb crater, trying to escape the factory area as quickly as possible. Who knew that before they stood up straight, they were hit by bullets flying from somewhere, and another I fell into the crater, but this time I couldn't get up again.

  After several hours of waiting, the sky finally dawned. Sokov looked out of the crater with his head, felt the current visibility, paid attention to distinguishing the enemy from ourselves, and said to Samoilov: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, give the soldiers an order to go out and clean the battlefield, don't take prisoners, collect After finishing those weapons and ammunition that can still be used, return to the assembly workshop."

  Samoilov nodded, stood up and shouted around: "Comrades, come out to clean up the battlefield. The brigade commander has ordered that no prisoners be left. After collecting weapons and ammunition, immediately go to the defensive position of the assembly workshop."

  (end of this chapter)